Jesus, the example for our lives, lived out the principle of sin having no more dominion over us. We must study this Word we must hide this Word in our hearts. With my whole heart I have sought You Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You.” Psalm 119:9–11. What does His word (which contains the life of God) say about this? “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. Since sin is the basic problem in this world, the issue that separates us from God and causes death, what is necessary and what is the means God has provided in order to recover us from this situation? God already knows the answer, but it is important for you to know for yourself the answer to that question. Where do we find life? “The life of God, which gives life to the world, is in His word.”Īre you as intent upon “life,” eternal life, as you are upon your daily temporal bread? This is a question to answer before your God and in the honesty of your inmost soul. So, in the same way is the statement about wanting life. If there is a banquet of food on my dining room table and I say I want to eat because I am hungry, what is the real truth if I find myself doing innumerable other things and simply not going over to the table and eating the food? Do I really want the food? Am I really hungry? No.
But let’s think about the reality of our desire. It is achieved only through a practical, earnest, consistent, deep, long-term study of His word.ĭo you want life? We all say we want life. There is no mystery, no mystical way to a connection with God. God has ordained that through the study of His word He restores His life to each one of us and through us to others. “The life of God, which gives life to the world, is in His word.” God, in His mercy, His grace, His long-suffering, and His love, has ordained (shall we say, created?) a means by which we may regain that connection with Him. Sin has caused a rift in our connection, our communion with God and it is actually only because of His mercy that we live. Does not the entire Bible bear out this concept, that God is the Creator, the life-giver? Beginning with Genesis 1:1 through to Revelation, God is revealed as the Creator, the Life-giver. What is it that gives life to the world? It is the life of God. The whole Bible is a manifestation of Christ. He spoke the word of God as He had spoken it to all the Old Testament writers. By His word He stilled the sea and raised the dead and the people bore witness that His word was with power. It was by His word that Jesus healed disease and cast out demons. “The life of God, which gives life to the world, is in His word. In Gospel Workers, 250, we are told the following: It is very important to study God’s word to memorize and to saturate our minds with the eternal truths God has given us in His word. I will delight myself in Your statutes I will not forget Your word.” Psalm 119:9–16 NKJV
I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches. With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.
Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes. With my whole heart I have sought You Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. “How can a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed according to Your word.
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